Sunday, July 6, 2025

Last night I went to bed at 11pm, got up 5am to pee, finally waking/getting up at 7am.

Teresa got up at 8:30 and Laura a few minutes later.

I got a call from Bart on my old cellphone on the -0859 number and we made plans to meet for breakfast tomorrow at 9:30 at First Watch in Schaumburg.

We left at 9:45 and drove to Sugar Bowl where we had a nice breakfast. We either had to hurry to catch the 10:44 train or take our time to catch the 11:44. We decided to drive to Chinatown which I did with Laura’s navigational help.

Laura found a good parking spot right before an underpass but when I got out of the car, I saw it was a Tow Zone. A couple blocks further I found a spot and was able to practice my parallel parking. (Luckily, it was a large spot.) I took a photo to show Jimmy where we were (which came in handy later when returning to our car).

We walked a few blocks and met Jimmy by the Chicago Library (closed on Sundays).

Jimmy guided us around the area including the area we had covered last time we were here.

I stopped in Veggie House to use their restroom and was told it’s only for customers. I told him we ate here last week and plan to return later. He let me go ahead and use their restroom.

We walked around some more and eventually stopped in a bakery where I bought a cup of iced tea so I could use their restroom.

In AJ Housewares & Gifts I bought a “I Love Chicago” nail trimmer for $2.99.

We had something to eat in Veggie House where Jimmy pointed out that our Broccoli Soy Beef wasn’t beef, it was made from soy. The sauce must have made the day, as it was as delicious as last time. We also had the spring rolls again and Laura ordered a couple items.

I picked up the check of $67.42, including tip.

We walked around a bit more then said goodbye to Jimmy. We’ll be seeing him again Tuesday morning for the Chicago River Architectural Tour in Spanish.

We found our car pretty easily and drove in heavy traffic (and a little rain) to Terminal 5 at O’Hare Airport. Unfortunately, I was at the drop-off point and Laura had to get out in a light drizzle and drag her carry-on out of the trunk.

We returned directly to our apt.

We just hung out in the apt the rest of the evening.

Since we’re going to be in Schaumburg tomorrow anyway, I decided it would be a good time to continue on to Memorial Park to fix my mother’s gravesite.

I chatted with someone from the tours and:

“You can select the Spanish experience on the variant/type of tickets page.  But unfortunately, it is available from August 09th, 2025.”

I think we’ll go there anyway and check out Michigan Ave, Millenium Park and take the Riverwalk. I also thought about the Art Institute but I see it’s closed on Tuesdays.

Laura gifted Teresa a purse when they were shopping in the Chicago Fashion Outlet Mall. Now Teresa wants to exchange it and she’s hunting all over the apt for the receipt. I told her I have no idea if she can return it without a receipt but anyway it looks like we’ll be making another trip back to that mall. ☹

 

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